Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Running Group Visits in Your Practice

  • Book
  • © 2009

Overview

Authors:
  1. Edward B. Noffsinger

    1. Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates, Newton, U.S.A.

    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed   Google Scholar

  • Dr. Noffsinger is the foremost expert on and inventor of group visit models
  • Only comprehensive reference and implementation guide on the market with regard to group visit models
  • The group visit model is not only of interest to physicians: group visits may shape political and health care policy decisions in the near future

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this book

Log in via an institution
eBook USD 69.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book USD 89.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info
Hardcover Book USD 119.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Other ways to access

Licence this eBook for your library

Institutional subscriptions

Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-lxiii
    Download chapter PDF

  2. Part 1. Group Visits: The Next Step in Medical Care

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
      Download chapter PDF

    2. Introduction to Group Visits

      • Edward B. Noffsinger
      Pages 3-19

    3. The Drop-In Group Medical Appointment Model: A Revolutionary Access Solution for Follow-Up Visits

      • Edward B. Noffsinger
      Pages 21-67

    4. DIGMAs: Strengths, Weaknesses, and Real-Life Examples

      • Edward B. Noffsinger
      Pages 69-98

    5. The Cooperative Healthcare Clinic Model: Following the Same Group of Multi-Morbid Geriatric Patients over Time

      • Christian Seiler
      Pages 99-123

    6. The Physicals Shared Medical Appointment Model: A Revolutionary Access Solution for Private Physical Examinations

      • Edward B. Noffsinger
      Pages 125-171

    7. Physician Buy-In: The Key to Successful SMA Programs

      • Edward B. Noffsinger
      Pages 173-202

    8. A Comprehensive Chronic Illness Treatment Paradigm that Makes Full Use of Group Visits

      • Edward B. Noffsinger
      Pages 203-224

    9. Do Not Abuse Group Visits

      • Edward B. Noffsinger
      Pages 225-243

    10. Reports, Case Studies, and Outcomes Data

      • Edward B. Noffsinger
      Pages 245-341

  3. Part 2. How to Implement Your Own Group Visit Program

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 343-343
      Download chapter PDF

    2. Twenty Essential Steps to Implementing a Successful Group Visit Program

      • Edward B. Noffsinger
      Pages 345-422

    3. A 10-Week Pipeline for Launching New DIGMAs and PSMAs

      • Edward B. Noffsinger
      Pages 423-470

  4. Back Matter

    Pages 471-493
    Download chapter PDF
Back to top

Keywords

About this book

A Fateful Meeting A year and a half ago, I was sitting at a conference listening to Ed Noffsinger speak, and suddenly had the most profound ‘‘Aha’’ moment of my professional career. Here was someone presenting a practical and tested solution to some of the most challenging problems currently plaguing the US healthcare system, problems such as poor access to primary and specialty care; the uncontainable and rising costs of healthcare; our nation’s relatively poor quality outcomes; and finally, the sense of frustration, disempowerment, loneliness, and disenfranchisement that patients and their families too often experience. Dr. Noffsinger’s solution seemed deceptively simple—shared medical appointments (SMAs) that afford the highest quality healthcare to be delivered in the highest quality care experience—a group setting. Experience collected over a decade and involving more than 100,000 patient visits throughout the United States, Canada, and parts of Europe has demonstrated that SMAs, when used in primary care as well as in the medical and surgical subspecialties, lead to increased access to care, enhanced quality of care, and improved patient satisfaction. For physicians, the efficiency gains and team support from their participation in SMAs translate into much needed relief and improved career satisfaction.

Reviews

From the reviews:

“Edward Noffsinger, is a psychologist who has been developing and refining the shared medical appointment (SMA) model for about 20 years in a variety of practices throughout the United States … . His book … put, the best compilation of information on the subject of SMAs available. … Whether they be generalists or subspecialists, readers having any interest in starting an SMA (or those already running one and seeking to improve it) should absolutely read Running Group Visits in Your Practice.” (William Ventres, Journal of the American Medical Association, Vol. 303 (12), March, 2010)

“Noffsinger a psychologist who was diagnosed with a severe illness outlines the group visit model as a means of increasing physician productivity in healthcare visits access and patient satisfaction. Writing for clinicians, staff administrators and healthcare organizations, he discusses the history and purpose of the current group visit models … and how to successfully implement them in a practice.” (SciTech Book News, June, 2010)

Authors and Affiliations

  • Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates, Newton, U.S.A.

    Edward B. Noffsinger

About the author

The group visit model, which was developed by Dr. Noffsinger in 1996, has consistently been demonstrated to work in actual practice. Dr. Noffsinger is well regarded in the field of primary care; he has published numerous articles on the the topic--NEJM, Journal of Family Practice, and Journal of the American Board of Family Practice. 

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Running Group Visits in Your Practice

  • Authors: Edward B. Noffsinger

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/b106441

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag New York 2009

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4419-1413-2

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-0-387-33683-1

  • eBook ISBN: 978-0-387-68680-6

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: LXII, 493

  • Topics: General Practice / Family Medicine

Publish with us

Policies and ethics

Back to top

Search

Navigation